Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Matt Lucas* I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Come Sit Down and Tell Me Everybody Needs It
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Albert Jones* She Lost Her Faith The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
David Amram The Mountain Song Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Mike* Ferro Soldier In The Rain Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
David Amram Pull My Daisy Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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